Wednesday, 29 July 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the decision by Bahrain’s highest court to uphold the death sentences of Mohammed Ramadhan and Husain...
To ask the Attorney General, with reference to his oral contribution at Attorney General Questions on 9 July 2020, Official Report, Column 1110, if he will publish the framework for the CPS's...
To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Victims Commissioner's annual report 2019/20, what steps the Attorney General is taking with the Lord Chancellor to promote the changes to the...
To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the 2019-20 annual report of the Victims Commissioner, what steps the Attorney General is taking with the Lord Chancellor to (a) promote the updated...
To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the 2019-20 annual report of the Victims Commissioner, what progress has been made on the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate case study review...
To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the 2019-20 annual report of the Victims Commissioner, what progress has been made on the joint review by HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate...
To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking with the Lord Chancellor to increase the number of pre-trial video recordings of cross-examination of vulnerable victims in Crown courts; to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to roll out covid-19 antibody tests for (a) health and social care staff (b) hospital patients, and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who is eligible for antibody testing for covid-19; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new covid-19 cases have been recorded in Hull since the NHS test and trace service began.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when (a) the Government and (b) Public Health England first held discussions with the companies selected to participate in the covid-19...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to roll out antibody testing to all key workers; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether hospice (a) staff and (b) patients are eligible for antibody testing for covid-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Heath and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of the secure hospital system in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish details of the contract awarded to Serco for contact tracing training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has of the implications for his policies of the study on herd immunity entitled, Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Spain...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to produce a timetable for the upward revision of the limit on the size of gatherings, provided such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the speed of the return of covid-19 test results to care home residents and staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason covid-19 testing capacity data is not available at a local authority or city-wide level.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) Chief Medical Officer (b) Public Health England advice on reducing the social...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effect of his Department's policies as part of a recovery strategy from the covid-19 outbreak on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if a representative from his Department will meet with the Menstrual Health Coalition to discuss how new ways of working during the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that women and girls can receive treatment for (a) heavy menstrual bleeding and (b) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 19 of the document entitled, Stepping Forward to 2020/21, published by Health Education England in 2017, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2020 to Question 46544, how many care home staff have been tested for covid-19 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health support teams are operating within schools; and how many (a) educational mental health practitioners and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the CAMHS trailblazer initiative as outlined in Transforming Children and Young...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of relaxing the covid-19 lockdown restrictions to enable adults...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to issue guidance on the creation of cohort bubbles in adult day and social care centres as covid-19 lockdown...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were discharged from mental health hospitals in each month in (a) 2019 and (b) 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued on the resumption of face-to-face treatments for counselling and psychotherapy services; and how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) women who present with heart related problems in the final month of pregnancy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional mental health support has been provided during the covid-19 outbreak; and what estimate his Department has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that funding is ringfenced for local authorities to meet the demand for mental health support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to publish guidance on allowing partners to attend antenatal appointments and scans during the covid-19 outbreak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support the Government is providing to local authorities to help them (a) pinpoint and (b) contain small-scale outbreaks of covid-19...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 16 July on Independent Investigation of Patient Safety Incidents and Deaths at Liverpool...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of recording of veteran suicide on the ability to tailor mental health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the trends in the level of mental health issues experienced by former armed forces personnel during the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set up a task force to implement the recommendations made by the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to include data collection on cancer diagnosis in the NHS Mental Health Dashboard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the average waiting time for an endometriosis diagnosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Department for Work and Pensions on the potential merits of introducing legislative proposals to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase understanding of endometriosis among (a) GPs and (b) other non-specialist medical professionals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase public awareness of endometriosis to ensure women are able to recognise symptoms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on (a) opinion polling and (b) focus groups in each month since January 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on the Youth Obligation Support Programme in the 2019-20 financial year; how many young people entered the Youth...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether young people not in receipt of universal credit will be eligible to apply to the Kickstart jobs scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to reopen Jobcentre Plus offices in Easterhouse and Parkhead in Glasgow East constituency in response to rising unemployment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish any modelling his Department has undertaken on the potential effect of the Kickstart scheme on unemployment rates among...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Chancellor's summer economic update of 8 July 2020, whether her Department has plans to reopen recently closed job...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for (a) Justice, (b) Education and (c) Housing, Communities and Local Government on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will increase support available to victims of child abuse when they are attending court.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to replace the EU Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) after the transition period.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will allocate long-term funding to Violence Reduction Units to enable them to (a) plan strategically for the future and (b) maximise...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were detained at Yarl's Wood Detention Centre for each night from 1 March 2020 to 15 July 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been identified as being unlawfully resident in the UK as a result of status checks undertaken by banks and building...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers have used the digital checking service for right to work checks since the launch of that service.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with her EU counterparts to help ensure that take charge requests are submitted to the UK before its departure from...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of implications for her policies of the refugee council statement of 30 June 2020 on refugee...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the level of risk under the Prevent programme of the European Institute for Human Sciences and its...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the (a) scale and (b) number of victims of the financial crimes committed by Mukhtar Ablyazov and...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he took to ensure that (a) women and (b) ethnic minorities were represented in shaping the Government's covid-19 response (i) planning and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps is taking to enable singing in (a) choirs, (b) audiences, and (c) congregations as covid-19 lockdown restrictions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the Gambling Commission permits some licensees to operate gaming machines in betting shops in Northern Ireland...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to support speedway operators during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will ensure that (a) guidance and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what strategy his Department has developed to re-open indoor play centres during the covid-19 outbreak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether soft play centres will be allowed to re-open from 25 July 2020 as part of the easing of covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what financial support is available for local councils to maintain swimming pools while they remain closed; and if he will...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has made of the domestic value added as a proportion of the total cost of capital...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the outbreak of violence in Tavush, north-eastern Armenia; what discussions they have had with the government of Azerbaijan about...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assist religious minorities in Iraq, in particular those who have (1) been victims of genocidal acts, and (2) who are at...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the announcement by the Chief Minister of Haryana that he intends to introduce a freedom of religion law to ensure that anyone involved in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with international partners about securing a permanent ceasefire in Yemen.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group's recent offer of a 90-day ceasefire, what steps they are taking to help achieve a negotiated end to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the implementation of the 2016 peace agreement between the government of Colombia and Farc rebels.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about reports that Khalil Tafakji was arrested without a stated reason.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about reports that the rights of Palestinian detainees, including children, are being routinely...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the responses they receive from the government of Israel when they have raised reports of violations of (1) human rights, and (2)...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made, or intend to make, representations to the government of Turkey about the release from prison of Mr Deniz Yildirim of the People's...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to protect global press freedom during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what partnerships they have established in order to deliver sufficient COVID-19 testing; what assessment they have made of the adequacy of those partnerships; and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of COVID-19 tests used on NHS workers that were flawed.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many COVID-19 home test kits have been (1) sent out, and (2) returned, to date; and how many of those were returned in a state fit for testing.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the (1) false negative, and (2) false positive rate, of tests for COVID-19 being used to determine the current infected/non-infected status of individuals...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the availability of chemical reagents needed for polymerase chain reaction tests for COVID-19.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking in relation to unregulated or unverified COVID-19 antibody tests being used in the UK; and what steps they are taking to ensure that...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many COVID-19 tests were (1) sent to, and (2) carried out at, satellite testing locations on each day since 28 April.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, for each day of distribution, how many home testing kits for COVID-19 did not have the complete information included to allow the test to be returned and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they evaluate (1) the results, and (2) the accuracy, of COVID-19 tests; what percentage of those tests are accurate, both positive and negative; and how many...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people they have tested for COVID-19 after they have passed away; and how many such tests have returned a positive result.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide COVID-19 testing equipment to schools and colleges so that pupils and students can be tested on-site; and what assessment they have...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the daily targets for the number of COVID-19 tests of 100,000 from 1 May, or of 200,000 from 1 June, apply to (1) each day, (2) a majority of days,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how long, in total it takes, for polymerase chain reaction tests for COVID-19 to be conducted, processed by laboratories and for the results of such tests to be...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the (1) mean, (2) median, (3) 25th percentile, (4) 75th percentile, and (5) variance, of the time taken between testing for COVID-19 and receiving the result.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the average length of time it takes for COVID-19 tests to be processed and the results communicated to patients for each day of testing conducted.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of COVID-19 tests being taken at regional testing sites have been processed and the results communicated to patients within 48 hours of the test...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of COVID-19 home tests have been processed and the results communicated to patients within 72 hours of the test being taken.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that (1) local authorities, and (2) local NHS centres, have full access to COVID-19 test data from commercial...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of COVID-19 home tests which have been sent out have been (1) returned within three days, (2) returned but found to be unusable, (3) found to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether local resilience forums and local authority directors of public health are being provided with the results of COVID-19 tests carried out on people whose...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of results of the survey conducted by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Doctor’s Association UK, published on...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the prevalence of false negative COVID-19 test results from a nasal swab or saliva test.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce saliva rather than swab testing for COVID-19 for (1) the general population, and (2) vulnerable groups that might find the swab...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the COVID-19 'open-testing' policy in Tennessee.
To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) what assessment they have made of the number of COVID-19 related deaths in care homes in England and Wales between 10 April and 29 May as documented by the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how COVID-19 testing capacity will be prioritised when they reach their target of 200,000 daily tests.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the rationale for using COVID-19 testing capacity as a measure of testing efficacy, as opposed to the number of actual tests completed.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is an NHS tariff price for COVID-19 pathology tests; if so, what is their price; and if not, how are these tests priced.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of COVID-19 tests that have been double-counted.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to balance COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 care and treatment; whether those steps include making systemic and consistent testing available...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many COVID-19 tests are currently being completed each week in (1) NHS and other public sector, and (2) private, laboratories.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there was a different COVID-19 testing strategy for care homes for (1) the elderly, and (2) working age adults with learning disabilities; and if so, why.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further the Written Answer by Lord Bethell on 14 April (HL2960), how many people have tested positive for COVID-19 to date; and how many of those who were...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many COVID-19 tests have been dispatched for each day since postal distribution began.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what they currently estimate the percentage of (1) false negative, and (2) false positive, tests for COVID-19 to be.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many tests for COVID-19 have been completed per 100,000 people in each local authority area in England to date.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to respond to concerns raised by the UK Statistics Authority about how the Department for Health and Social Care reports COVID-19 testing data.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the viability of the small, specialist higher education sub-sector.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to publish further guidance on the national tutoring programme.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that the restrictions in place on the courts system to address the COVID-19 pandemic will have on the ability of local...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to publish a response to the consultation on children not in school, which closed on 24 June 2019.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to allow schools in England to resume overnight trips for their pupils to any location in the UK provided that such schools (1)...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that children, in particular those from low-income families, are not negatively affected by missed schooling during the COVID-19...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what practical support there is to assist pupils with special educational needs and disabilities to learn a musical instrument at school.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they assess the quality assurance of providers of supported internships in relation to (1) the programme structure, (2) the programme content, and (3) ...
To ask Her Majesty's Government why they have introduced compulsory relationships education for children attending primary school.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many primary schools taught computer coding in the current academic year.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) primary, and (2) secondary, schools have installed a 3D printer.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Berridge on 21 May (HL4175), what guidance is in place for secondary schools to permit visits for assessment tests...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether academies are obliged to teach all national curriculum subjects at Key Stage 2; and what action will be taken if an academy does not teach modern foreign...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements are in place to ensure that the £650 million additional catch-up resources for schools and other educational settings will be allocated to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the announcement on 7 June of grants worth more than £750,000 to help schools and colleges respond to the impact of COVID-19 on mental health...
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether (1) letters, and (2) e-mails, from members of the House of Lords to the Lord Speaker, in his capacity as Lord Speaker, can be released as result of a...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the security of the Baltic and North Sea following recent reports that the Russian navy will commission 40 new vessels in 2020.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) army cadet forces, (2) sea cadet forces, and (3) air training cadet forces, there were in the UK in (a) 2018, and (b) 2019.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether military personnel are still assisting with COVID-19 testing; and if not, why not.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Housing Benefit claimants who (1) are currently self-isolating or shielding from COVID-19, and (2) are temporarily absent from their main dwelling...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have for ending the use of plastics in fishing lines and nets.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to work with international partners to protect oceans and seas from the impact (1) of rising temperatures, (2) of melting sea ice, and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the landscape value, and (2) the level of landscape protection, of the Somerset Levels.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 13 July (HL6245), whether they will now answer the question put, namely, what assessment...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) hate incidents, and (2) cases of burglary and theft, have been recorded by the police in each of the last five years; and how many of the cases...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the proposals set out in their initial response to the consultation on the Online Harms White Paper, published on 12 February, when they will...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many additional (1) customs, and (2) immigration, personnel are being recruited at each of the Welsh ports to deal with any additional paperwork and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many media officer posts there were in each Government Department in July (1) 2019, and (2) 2020; and what plans they have to (a) increase, and (b) reduce, the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish their response to the consultation Social Value in Government Procurement, which ended on 10 June 2019.
To ask Her Majesty's Government with which countries they are pursuing free trade agreements on matters which include the automotive sector; and on which agreements the negotiations are furthest...
To ask Her Majesty's Government why they are proposing that Parliament should not ratify future trade deals after the UK leaves the EU trading bloc on the 31 December.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statement by President of the United States that he influenced them to remove Huawei from the UK’s telecommunications...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the outcome of their review of the HM Prisons and Probation Service COVID-19 Special Payment Scheme.
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